Embossing machine



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EMBOSS ING MACHINE Filed Sept. 10, 1927 7 h ets-She 6 EMBOS S ING MACHINE Filed Sept. 10, 1927 7 Sheets-Sheet '7 Patented Sept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES cmrron cnrsnomvr, or CLEVELAND, onro, AssI NoR 'r'o THE AMERICAN mm PATENT OFFICE p} GRAPH COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO -EMBQSSING MACHINE;

Application filed September My priorpatent -#1,557,754 issued October th, 1925, shows, describes and claims an embossing machine for producing printing strips. That machine has a rectilinearly 5 reciprocable die head carrying. a straight tro-magnetic operation and also determines the position to which the diehead is moved.

The object of the present invention is to simplify the machine referred to in many respects, thus producing a much cheaper ma chine which, while not having the rapidity of the patented machine,will still be satis- 20 factory and eflicient for the use intended.

One of the main points of simplification comprises the substitution for the key-board and electromagnetic mechanism of a .com-

pound manual lever which is connected with the rectilinearly movable die head that by lateral movement may directly position the die head according to the position given the lever, whereupon a downward movement of the lever may initiate the embossing operation. Other features vwill be apparent from the following detailed description of an embodiment of my invention. 1

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plane partly broken away, of an embossing machine in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof looking from the left hand side; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section substantially on the offset plane indicated by the line 3-3 inFig. 2; Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal central section of the forward portion of the machine; Fig.5 is a vertical section on aplane parallel'with Fig. l but nearer the left hand side of the machine, as indicated by the line 5-5 on Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a vertical section substantially on the offset plane indicated by the line6-6 on Fig. land showing parts of the shift mechanism; Fig. 7 is a cross sec tion on an enlarged scale transverse of the machine justin front ofthe die head; Fig.

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8 is a vertical longitudinal section through the. die head and adjacent parts, showing some of the cooperating partsin'side elevation, this view beingin the nature of an enlargement in portion of Fig. 2;. Fig. 9 is I a detail illustrating-the connection between the main. lever and the die head,-being a horizontal section as indicated by the line 9-i9 on F ig.17 Fig. 10 isa" detail of the indexing mechanism for the die head shift, being a horizontal section on the line 10-10- in Fig. 3; Fig. 11 isa .cross section of the same parts in a plane indicated bythe line 11-+-11-in Fig. 10; Fig. l2 is a detail of the comb which coacts W1thith6 main. lever, be-

ing a vertical section on the line12-12 of Fig.1., y The frame of imy machine consists primarily of a horizontal bed plate 10 mounted on suitable legs 11 together with various standards, brackets and ears,'secured to the plate and hereinafter described. Two of such frame standards 12. and 13 comprise plates rising from opposite sides of the bed plate and connected by'cross bars'14,-l5, .16 andl? The bars 14 and 15 support stationary housings 18 and 19 for the embossing plungers 120 hereinafter described. The bars 16 and17 provide aguideway for the ribbon A to beembossed.

The reciprocable die head, designated 20, comprises a block bifurcated above and below; that is to'say, that 'in'the upper surface is a groove 21 enabling the block to embracethe opposite sides of the lower por tion of the bars 16 and 17, and in the under side 'ofthis die head is the groove 22 whereby, theblock-may straddle the supporting bar 30.- .The die block carries in the slot 22, a pair of rollers 23riding on the top of the; supporting bar 30, and rollers 24 bearing against" the outer sides of the cross bars16 and17. a c t v. The die head'cai'rie's -a row of die blocks 25' havingon theforward end (right hand end, Fig. 2) ,a'vertical row-of three male I slides.

head tend to keep these blocks apart, but at the proper time of operation the plungers 120 in the housings 18 and 19 force the pair of dies, which are centrally positioned, toward each other to emboss the interposed meta-l strip A. This strip in 'this region is channel shaped as shown in Fig. '8 and is guided on a rib 29 on the lower portion of the crossbar 1 6.v .Such rib and ,the lower portions of Ithese'bars is. gut-awayin the central region of the machine 'to allow the die blocks to be plunged toward eachother;

The supporting bar 30, for the die head, is bodily shiftable vertically intoas many different positions as there are die charactersmnablock, and ineehanismto' thus shift the bar enables *the'selection of tihe upper, lower or intermediate die {face as desired. The shift-mechanism for' the die head is best shown in Fig; On the inner faceot each of the "vertical frame plates "12 and 13 are a-pair-of guiding ribs 31--and 32 and-between the ribs 'of each pair is a slide 34. The ends of the bar '30 are mounted in these Projecting inwardly from the slides are pins 35. -These pins are embraced by the forked inne'rj'end-s of a pair of rock levers 36 and "37 which are connected by a crossbar 38. A forward extension 39 oft-he "lever 36 provides for the manualoperation of the levers 36' and 37 and thus for *the raising of the die head, gravity normally holding the die head 'inits" lowermost position with the uppermost face of the dies oppositethe ribbon. The 'weightof the die head is partially; counterbalanced by the spring 47 attachedto "the {lever f 39.

Ig'have shown afY-sha'ped'finger member 40 pivoted to the forward portion of the lever .39. A suitable stepped abutment block '41 is secured to the bed plate 10' be neath'thisW-leve'r. 1 1f the operator presses down on the finger button 42 on the rear leg of the Y lever, this swings forwardly the lower end and such lower end strikes the highest available step ;-onthe abutment block, with the result that the {die head-is lifted only sufficiently to bring the intermediate die characters into "line with "the ribbon. Upon the other' hand', fif'the operator presses down on the'forward' finger button 43, the 'Y-lever isrocked rearwardly and'ft'he lever 39 is thus moved downwardly until the Y leVer 'meets thesecond step of th'e a'butment block,- and this brings the lowermost face of the die opposite the ribloan. A suitable latch 45 I 2 and having a pair of rearwardly facing ratchet :teeth, maycoacbwiththe' forward end of the-lever"89 iatnd thus retain suchlever in either of its depressed positions. r

5 It t'is convenient to arrange-the die' charactensxin 1 three rows corresponding "to upper case, lower case, and numerals and punctuatibn points. Before the die head is shifted,

it is convenient to determine which of the rows is to be used for the character to be embossed, and then the corresponding switch key is depressed or the die head left in its normal position as required.

The manuallever for shifting the die head horizontally along its supporting bar 30 to select the die block will now be described. This lever is a compounddevice comprising, first. a lever-arm on a vertical stationary pivot pin 51 rising from the frame; second, a rearward extension of this lever arm in the form of a plate 52 rigidly secured to the upper end of the hub of the arm and loosely extending around the corresponding embossing lever 11.5 and its rear end connee-ted with't'he die head ;third, a forwardly eXtendinga-rm '55 pivoted to the arm 50 on horizontal pivots 56'; and fourth, a spring [60,; anchored to the arms 50 and and -'lifting the latter against an adjustable abutment screw 62, carried by the arm 50. The compound lever just described is swungmanually horizontally as a unit about the vertical pivot 'pin 51. The rear end of the extension 52 is bifurcated and slidably embraces a flatsided block (see "Figs. 4 and 9}) rotatively mounted on a pin 66 depending from the die head. The forward end of the arm 55 "of the compound lever carries a hand knob 68. Accordingly, when this hand knob is grasped by the operator andthe lever swung in one "direction from another, the die head is moved along the bar 3O to bring the desired pair of dies betwee'nthe plungers 120.

The arm 55 preferably carries a pointer 69 which stands adjacent to the arcuate edge of an indicating plate 70, extending horizontally above the lever and free from When the die head has been brought into the desired position by the lateral movement of the knob as described, the next operation is downwardmovement ofthe knob, which locks the lever and die head in position and initiates the embossing operation. To effect the locking, 1 provide across the machine beneath the lever arm 55 a stationary comb 72 (Figs 1 and 12) having upwardly facing notches with beveled en tra nees, and I provide onv the under side of'the lever v55 a beveled-edged blade 73 to coact with these notches. The notches in theco'm'b have their walls arranged radially with reference to the pivot pin '51 as shown in Fig. 1. The bevels of the blade :and walls of the notches accurately position the die head and hold it locked when the knob is depressed. The dies are preferably equally spaced onithe die head,'that is, the dieunit of spacing of the comb will be greater than that of the die. I

The arrangement of thecharacters on the indicator being in a curve concentric of the pivot 51, should be differential to correspond accurately with the notches; that is to say, the characters become closer together as one progresses from the center toward the extremes, but accuracy in this indicating scale is not necessary, as the beveled faces of the comb and'lever blade 73 accurately position the die head.

I will now describe the embossing mecha-.

to a bracket 83; The arms81 and 82 are connected also by a rock shaft 84 having arms 85, and 86 connected by links 87wand 88 to the'arms. The arm 81 extends'rearwardly' of its pivot and operates to'release a single rotation'clutch to cause an operation of the embossing mechanism;

The single rotation clutch may be of any approved form. It is illustrated in Fig. 1 as embodied in a main belt pulley 90. The clutch has ashoulder 91 normally engaging a slidable abutment 92 whichnormally holds the clutch open. When this abutment is drawn forwardly to clear the shoulder 91, the clutclr goes into action and makes a single rotation. At the conclusion of the rotation if the abutment has 1 returned" to position, the shoulder 91 strikes this abutment and terminates the rotation. This is a usual method of operation of single rotation clutches and it is not deemed'necessary to explain it in detail, as any single rotation clutch may be employed, for instance, the clutch shown in my prior Patent #1,557,754.

. I prefer to make the abutment 92 in the form of a comparatively stiff leaf spring which provides a shock absorber when the shoulder 91 impinges the abutment at the conclusion of the rotation. This abutment is carried by a pair of rods 93 and 94 which are connected by'a cross bar 95 'andintermediately are slidably mounted in a stationary bracket 96 secured to the bed plate 10. The

rod 93 extends forwardly from the cross bar 95 and nearitsforward end is guided in a bracket 97 (Fig. 8) rising from the bed plate: Secured to the rod 93 is a. collar 98 forming an anchorage for theforward end of a tension spring 99, the rear end of this spring being connected to the stationary bracket 96. o T he spring thus tends to return the abutment92 into position in the path of the clutch shoulder 91.

.Pivotally connected to the trip lever 8l,'is a dog 100 (Fig. 8).. This dog has a shoulder 101 normally beneath the horizontal arm of a bell crank 102 pivoted to a stationary bracket of the machine. The lower end of this bell crank is bifurcated and engages a pin 103 projecting. from the rod 93. A'

spring 105 anchored to the dog andto some other suitable point, keeps the dog shoulder normally in the, position shown .in' Fig. 8. Pivot-ally" depending from the rear end of the lever 81 is a block 1.07 normally lying between the collar 96 on the rod 93 and the sta tionary rib 108 of the frame. This block in this position forms. a lock preventing the release of the clutch. However,-when the arm 55 of the compoundlever is depressed, the concomitant elevation of the rear end of the lever 81 withdraws the lock 107 and by reason of the dog 100 rocks the bell crank 102, drawing therod 93- forwardly, thereby releasing the single rotation clutch, which causes the embossing operation aspresent described. The continued upward movement of the rear end of the arm '81 causes aninclined edge of the dog 100 to engage a stationary pin 109 (Fig. 8) which cams the dog outof engagementwith the bell crank 102 and this releases the clutch rod 93 so that'it returns to position, bringing the abutment 92 into the path of the clutch lug 91.' When the lever 81 returns to normalposition, consequent upon the operator removing the pres sure from the knob 68, the locking block 107 descends between the collar 98 andthe rib 108 and therebylocks the clutch release.

When the clutch has been released as above described, its operation is to give a single rotation to the cam shaft 110. On this shaft 7 plungers are normally held back from the die head by springs 122 and 123 within the housings. Whenthe die head has been positioned the selected dies are directly"be-' tween the inner ends of the two plungers, and, accordingly the operation of the cams 112 and 113 rocking inwardly the upper ends of the embossing levers, cause these plungers to shove the dies 25 and 26 toward each other, thus embossing the interposed strip A. Before the plungers engage the die blocks, an accurate locking of the diehead in its selected elevation, as controlled by the shift,

takes place, thus insuring proper horizontal alignment of characters. The mechanism for effecting this is best shown in Figs. 2, 10 and 11. The embossing lever 115 is rigid on a lock shaft 130,which carries a rock arm 131 which at the beginningof the movement of the lever 115 engages a roller 132 on a lever 133 piv'otally carried by the standard 12. The rear end of this lever has a beveled face 134, which is designed to enter any of three notches 135 on the slide 34, according to the vertical position of such slide, as given by the shift key. This accurately locks the elevation and maintains it until the embossing action is completed. Ona return stroke of the embossing arm a spring 136 returns the lever 133 to normal position. To prevent strain on the parts the lever 133 is not pivoted positively to the standard 12, but to a plunger 137 mounted in a housing 138 formed on such standard, the plunger being normally maintained seated in the housing by a stiff spring 139..

Comment has been made that the rearward extension 52 of the compound main lever was of sector shape with an opening of considerable extent through it. It is through this opening that the forward embossing lever 115 extends. The opening enables the oscillating hand lever to clear the embossing lever in all positions of either lever.

During the secondhalf of the rotation of the cams 112 and 113, the embossing levers are rocked-in the opposite direction to their embossing -movement, and the springs 122 and 123 withdraw the plungers, and the comb springs 27 and 28 withdraw the dies. Thereupon the operation stops, ready for a succeeding actuation.

It is sometimes desirable to repeat the same character a number of times, as for instance when striking dashes leading across the page. This, of course, might be accomplished by separate operations of the knob 68', but I prefer to provide a s ecial repeat key. Such key is shown in Fig. 1 at 140. It is on the forward end of the pivoted lever 141, the rear end of which lies beneath a. pin 142 on a universal bail 143. This bail is connected by a link 144 (Fig. 8) with the bell crank 102. Accordingly, the depression of the key 140-retains the rod 93: after it has been withdrawn by the depression of the knob 68 in its withdrawn position thus causing successive embossing of the same character to be continued indefinitely so long as thekey 140 is held-down. It is impossible however, to initiate an original embossing action by the key 140 along, because .theblock' 107 (Fig; 8). prevents the withdrawal of the rod 93 until the knob 68 is depressed.

The ribbon of material A is fed from a supply thereof, on a reel 145, along a path transversely of the machine where it is embossed, cutoff and finally delivered. The ribbon passes first between a pair of rolls 146' and 147 which not only feed the ribbon but flange the edges of it so that it becomes channel shaped, whereby it is guided by the rib 29 on the cross bar '16. The ribbon is delivered by a pair of rolls 148 and 149 which bend in the edges of the channel shaped strip so that it is suitable for mounting over the projections of a'holder.

The mechanism for effecting the ribbon feed is substantially the same as that shown in my prior patent mentioned, and need not here be more fully described further than to say that the roller 147 is connected by a ratchet mechanism 150 with the arm 131 on the rock shaft 130 on which the embossing lever 115 is mounted, so that on the backstroke of the embossing lever, the ribbon is fed forwardly a distance corresponding' to one character. The discharging rollers 148 and 149' are continuously rotated by being suitably geared with the main pulley and operate to bend in the flanged edges and discharge the cut off strip whenever it is shoved into the bite of these rollers.

The shearing of the embossed portion of the strip from the following portion is effected by a pair of shearing dies 152 in the die head, controlled by the operation of the knob 68 in a particular position. That is to say, when the lateral movement of this knob has brought the dies 153 between the plun'gers 120 and 121, then the downward movement of the knob causes the operation already described of the embossing mechanism to efiect the shearing similarly to the operation of an ordinary character die. It will be noticed however, that the shearing dies are provided only in the upper row of characters and hence to shear this strip it is necessary that the die head he in its lowermost position.

To prevent any attempted shearing when the die head is in eitheryof its'shifted positions, I provide an interlock between the shift mechanism and the shearing mechanism. Thus, the arm 55 :of the compound lever carries an adjustable pin 155 which is normally: idle, but when the lever is in the shearing position stands directly over an arm-153 on a rock shaft 154. The shaft earriesa dog 157 which lies beneath a shoulder on a dog 158 which is connected with the shift latch .45.. Accordingly, the first downward movement ofthe knob 68 in a shearing position withdraws the latch 45 so that if the die head were in either of its elevated positions, it would immediately drop by gravity and would thus bein shearing position] before the released embossing mechanismbegins to act.

160 in Figs. 1 and 2 indicatesa suitable hand rest which may be employed in "front of the knob 68, being preferably adjustably mounted on the bed by reason ofslotted side arms 162, 'clamped to the bed.' This rest may be employed or not, asthe operi ator desires.

It will be scent-hat the present :ar range-merits, I have greatly simplified the positioning of the die head and the release of the single'rotation clutch. I have done away withthe necessity of the die headreturning to the central position of rest fol-) lowing each operation. Thus, while the lever and knob actuation 1s necessarily slower than the actuation of a finger, key, there is a compensating'saving' of time fordie head movement in those instances Where successive characters are close to each other. I Fig. 1 illustrates the characters as arranged alphabetically, but'higher speed may be possible with charactersarranged in so called scientific order similar to that of a standard typewriter keyboard. the characters most frequently used are close to each other, enablingvery rapid positioning and operation of the knob 68.

The machine may be comparatively cheaply] constructed; it is easily understood andop erated, and there is little about it to get out of order.

I claim 1 I 1. In an embossing machine, the combination of a transverse guide, a reciprocable die head slidably mounted thereon, cmbossing dies carried by the head, embossing levers in front of and behind the die head,

mechanism for rocking said levers, a manual positioning arm pivoted on a vertical pivot in front of the forward embossing lever and having an openlng through which such lever freely extends, said manual lever having a sliding connection with the die head beh nd the embossing lever.

2. In an embossing machme, the combination of transverse frame members adapted nected with the die head and having a de pressible forward portion, and mechanism initiated by a depression of such forward portion to push toward each other selected dies in front of and behind the ribbon.-

8. In an embossing machine, the combination of a reciprocable die head, means for guiding it in a straight line, an inter- In such instances,

mediately pivotedmanual lever, a connection between the rear end of thelever and die head whereby oscillations of the lever may reciprocate the die head, a depressible forward extension ofthe lever carrying a beveled projection and a' straight comb parallel withthe C1plane of reciprocation of the die head, an having upwarly facing notches withubeveled entrances with which said projection is adapted to coact.

mechanism for pushing the selected dies toward each other toemboss interposed ina-' terial, a normally i open clutch, mechanism adapted to be driven by the clutch when released to plungeselected dies towardeach of'the clutch, and manual mechanismfor removing the lock and throwing the clutch into action.

5, 'The'combination of a die head, rows of" male and female dies carried thereby, means for guiding the die head horizontally transversely of the machine, a compound manual lever mounted on a vertical pivot in front of.

the die head, a sliding connection between normally open constantly rotating clutch, mechanism adapted to be actuated thereby 4. The combination ofa reciprocable die; head, amanual lever for positioning the die hea'd, dies carried by the die head, plunger Z other, a lock normally preventing the release therear' end of thelever and the die head, I c a depressible forward portion on the lever, a.

to move selected male and female dies toward, 5 I

each other to emboss interposed material, a

longitudinally movable clutch releasing rod a release lever actuated by a downward movement of the forward extension of said manual lever, a lock against releasing the movement of said rod movable into idle p0 sition by said release lever, and mechanism operable by said release lever for moving the rod to release the clutch.

6; In an embossing 'machine, the combinationof a reciprocable diehead, male and female die blocks carried thereby, each having a'plurality of characters, mechanism for raising and lowering the support of the die head to select the row of characters desired,

mechanism'for plungin' selected die blocks toward each other, and a recisioning device, automatically engaging t e support; for the die head to lock it in any of its given positions preceding the embossing action."

7." In an em ossing machine, 'the"co1nbination of a reciprocable die head, dies car ried' thereby, each having a plurality of. characters, a raisable support for the die head, shift. key mechanism for' raising the support, said support havingfa plurality of notches, and a beveled detent automatically caused to enter the corresponding one of said notches preceding the embossing action. I i

8. In an embossing 'machine, the com bination of a reciprocabledie head, a row of p male dies and'a row of female dies carried thereby, each having a plurality of, characters arranged vertically, a ra sable support for-the die head, shift mec-hani-sn for operating the, support, said support having a plurality of. notches, a lever having a beveled nose adapted'to entervrthe notchopposite it to accurately position the elevation of the die head,;a pairtotlevers for torcingselected diLQS toward each-other, mechanism for rock, ing said levers in theaenibessingmlirection and then returning them, a an arm IQOYQKIl by one of the embossing levers and a dapted tovengage' the lever having the beveled nose to-c ause suchnose to enter the'justaposed notch justpreceding theembossing action, n an. emb ing mac i .-the.=- mbination withlmeansfor; guidinga r bon of materialtobeemhossed, a reciprocable die head carrying die [blocks on ,opposite sides of said; ribb n, a manually opeta hle osci ating lever QIFES fi H-S he die ahead, zsaidldie head a rying dies for shearing the embossed strip,

mechanismiwhereby a downward movement of a portionofthe lealer in a certain:position .operatesathe shearingdies, ,sa-id die blocks vhaving -several characters whereby thereare a pl-uralityot .10WS 9f Characters, the shearing xdies pertaining to only one row,

mechanism tor shifting the ,die lieadxto sel Q the row, and an interl cking-device between theshift mechanism andsaid lever operable,

only when the lever is in the shearing :posi

tion to, insurethe r-ow having the, she; r-ing dies being .in active position when the shear-.

=: jug operation takes place.

1-0,. y In an embossing ,machine, the combination. of a transverse bar, a ,-diehea d shittable longitudinally on the bar, multiple faced dies carried by the die 1, head, shearing -dies carried bythendie headin the row one face ,ozf. characters ,only, a horizontally oscillatable hand lever for ishiftingthe-die head to bring selected dies ,into active position, plunger mechanism for moving such ,se-

, lected dies toward each other, mechanism tor shittin athe support tor the die head :to select ldi ,erent-character if-aces, a latch forsuch dies toward eaohothena rock arm connected with the latch for the shift; mechanism and a 3 in on the depressible apart of thehand leveradapted to coact with the rock arm ,only

when the lever-has positioned the ache-head,

key adaptedito cause successive actuations of said mechanism, and a lock preventing the effectual actuation of the repeat key unless the hand lever is in actuated position.

12. In an embossing machine, the combination of a reciprocable die head, male and female dies carried thereby, means for guiding the die head in a straight path transversely of the machine, a horizontally oscillatable manual lever having its rear end con- .for guiding it in a straight line, an intermediately pivoted manual lever connected on one side of its pivot with the die head,

whereby oscillation of the lever may reciprocate the .die head, a depressible member on the. lever, and a straight comb parallel with the plane of reciprocation of thedie head,

and having upwardly facing notches. the ,depressible member having means to engage said notches.

14L Inan embossing machine, the combination of a reciprocable die head having dies of equal width side by side in a straight line, an intermediately pivoted lever con.-

nected with the die head, a transversely movtablelocklng member on the lever, a straight comb parallel with the plane or" reciprocation of the die head, and having notches of equal width, the locking member coacting withthe comb and at least one of them being beveled.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my CLIFTON CHISHOLM.

signature. shifting mechanism, mechanism operated by a downward movement. of the forward-part of theosci-llatable lever for moving selected with the shearing dies in the vertical; region ofthe plunger mechanism,

11. In embo ing :Inachine, the -:com- 1 bination of 1a reciprocable die head, male and female dies carried thereby, a hand lever, a connection -between thesame and the die head whereby the hand-lever may position the die head, mechanism tomopenating selected dies,

said hand lever having a movablepoiztion v adapted toeactuate ,sa-id mechanism, a repeat 

